Heritage and History

"From the collection of my ancestor (possibly the one sitting on rail along with the boy), who was a pharmacist and travelled extensively around the world" -- Ivor Rackham. Date and location unknown. Photograph scanned and restored by Ivor Rackh

An undated image of Andheri bound suburban EMU train of Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway (BBCIR)

The now extinct WDS-8 locomotive. Scan from one of the editions of the Bengali children's magazine 'Anandamela' c.1989. From Souroshankha's personal collection. (Souroshankha Maji)

Remains of an Abandoned culvert of the ancient Chinchwad Mulshi Railway line. Mulkhed (near Ghotawade) tal Mulshi dist Pune.This line was abandoned in the late 1930's. (Rahul Rao)

A view of the monorail constructed by Messrs. Marsland and Price for the Shannon River fete in 1902. This fete, lasting five days, was organized by Lady Northcote, the wife of the then Governor of Bombay, to raise money for the Countess of Dufferin's Fund

Another view of the monorail constructed for the Shannon River fete at Bombay, 1902. Scan provided by Brian Goggin. (Brian Goggin)

Railway engineers at Betul, India in the 1920s.Image courtesy Nigel Purdey whose grandfather Tom Womersley, was a civil engineer and worked on the railways in Betul in the 1920s and took these pictures.

Inspection carriage at Darakoh station.Image courtesy Nigel Purdey whose grandfather Tom Womersley, was a civil engineer and worked on the railways in Betul in the 1920s and took these pictures.

Railway accident, Betul, India 1920s. The locomotive involved is a J1 class 0-6-0 tender locomotive of GIPR which was mixed duty locomotive of the time.Image courtesy Nigel Purdey whose grandfather Tom Womersley, was a civil engineer and worked on the r

A train passes railway engineers on inspection near Betul, India in the 1920sImage courtesy Nigel Purdey whose grandfather Tom Womersley, was a civil engineer and worked on the railways in Betul in the 1920s and took these pictures.

Article about a steam motor coach supplied by Vulcan Foundry to North Western Railway, India. From The Locomotive Magazine, dated January 1906. The rail motor was numbered 1 by the NWR and was VF works number 1992 built in 1905. (Graeme Pilkington)

british age cawnpore station.once english people rushed here.now silent and ruining in to debris..it had only single platform.. (abhishek kashyap trainman)

rediscovered a rare history of Indian railway with co-railfan Prakhar Yadav at kanpur.its original single platform equipped CAWNPORE(now cawnpore ) station that opened in 1859..near the CNBI-GOY Gallery..now this place is being used for civil enggineers t